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Good evening, the pitch and putt at Gleneagles might have diverted your | :00:00. | :00:43. | |
attention from the real sporting action this weekend, the night on | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
sports scene, six games from the SPF L Premiership and two from the | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
Championship. Round two in the Lanarkshire scrap, could Inverness | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
be the Dons on doing, St Johnstone hoping to meet -- beat Dundee on the | :00:57. | :01:03. | |
rebound. Reverberations for St Mirren and Celtic as they collide | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
and in the Championship, could Hearts continues a hit heights and | :01:08. | :01:17. | |
would Raiders, the Falkirk? We are joined by Michael Stewart and pet | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
net in this evening. We start with the Lanarkshire derby. -- Pat Nevin. | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
The second meeting between the sides in local days and a shift in power, | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
as Hamilton emerged victorious in a dramatic League Cup penalty shoot | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
out. And so the teenager, Craig Watson steps up to the spot. With a | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
chance to bring Hamilton Aki 's into the next round. He's done it. | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
Hamilton at keys into the quarterfinals of the League Cup. -- | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
Hamilton Academicals. Stuart McCall rings the changes from the team that | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
lost to today's opponents in midweek, Ramsden, Carswell, Lawson, | :01:58. | :02:05. | |
Irwin all in from the start. Alec Neill makes three changes from his | :02:06. | :02:17. | |
side to that match. COMMENTATOR: The second meeting in four days for | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
these Lanarkshire rivals. Hamilton Academicals, they came out on top on | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
Wednesday. Going close again. Danny Andrew was denied there. Crawford | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
providing the pass. And the Frenchman, bringing a save out of | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
the keeper. The home fans will be looking for a different outcome. At | :02:39. | :02:46. | |
the park. Slack from Motherwell. Grant Gilchrist B. Possession. He | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
might go himself. -- Gillespie. A big deflection from Stephen McManus. | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
To deny Gillespie, what might have been an opening goal. His arm making | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
the intervention. Again, Hamilton Academicals are piling forward and | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
again, they pass up the opportunity. It seems only a matter of time | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
before one of these counts. Stuart McCall will want more from his side. | :03:21. | :03:28. | |
McManus cannot get there, Francis, has made a real mess of that and | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
that last the opener comes. It has been on the cards. Almost since the | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
off, Tony Andrew, gifted the opportunity by disastrous | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
defending, and the Academicals have the advantage. Gordon. Crawford nips | :03:47. | :03:55. | |
in ahead of him. Doubling the visitors lead. And Academicals's | :03:56. | :04:05. | |
dominance is rewarded, Paul Lawson was sleeping, and Crawford wanted it | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
more. He gets his reward. On the stroke of half-time, 2-0. Henrik | :04:12. | :04:27. | |
Oyama trying to make a dent in the lead, John Sutton, he feels his leg | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
was taken away from him. Ziggy Gordon with the challenge here. | :04:32. | :04:40. | |
Motherwell still to test McGovern, and they might do so here. Erwin | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
with the header. It's really comfortable in the end for the | :04:45. | :04:56. | |
Academicals keeper. Fraser Care challenges, it is a penalty! Judging | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
that to be inside the area, this card, it is going to be yellow. | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
Longridge, taken down but it was outside the box, marginally. It will | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
be a penalty. Sending him the wrong way. Surely that is the point now | :05:16. | :05:24. | |
for Hamilton Accies, four goals in three games now, four and one -- for | :05:25. | :05:41. | |
Antoine Curier. Another decent save from the goalkeeper. Accies Our | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
unbeaten since the first day of the season and they are looking full of | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
confidence here -- they are unbeaten. Still, Accies pressing | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
into injury time and they want another one. It is Ali Crawford. | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
It's a tight angle and he squeezes it past the goalkeeper and he has a | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
second of the game. His second double of the season. And Hamilton | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
Accies providing a real thumping for their neighbours. Motherwell | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
thrashed. STUDIO: We didn't deserve anything, we made | :06:17. | :06:26. | |
horrific errors to give them the first two goals but having said that | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
over the park, defensively and upfront, they were streets ahead | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
today. It is one of our best performances and we still have some | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
of our best players missing which is pleasing. I was saying to the guys | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
and everybody I have been speaking to about how good we could be and we | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
showed some of that. STUDIO: The last time Accies when the top | :06:49. | :06:56. | |
flight, they managed five league wins all season, by now, they have | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
won five times and we are not even through September, so many chances | :07:03. | :07:04. | |
against Motherwell it was ridiculous. They played really well, | :07:05. | :07:11. | |
we expected them to play well this season. The dominance was from the | :07:12. | :07:13. | |
midfield, I was impressed with Crawford. They were really biting in | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
the midfield. The pace that they attacked the defence. I say the | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
defence, we will use that term very loosely indeed. The defending was | :07:26. | :07:32. | |
comical. It was horrific. Even here, working together, taking the chance, | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
maybe a little mistake. A horrible mistake. Getting onto the end of it, | :07:36. | :07:43. | |
playing on pure confidence. You can tell you are confident, you hit them | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
from there, it was a good hit. Look at the effort to get in now, hoping | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
something is going to happen, you never know. One of the defenders | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
could make a mistake, yes, they did again. You still have to do the job | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
and finish it. Once again, he is being marked. It's good running, but | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
why is he leaving him? It's miles of space. It is beyond me, this will be | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
a recurring theme tonight. The defending. Take nothing away from | :08:09. | :08:21. | |
Andreu and Crawford, they look like a good partnership. Antoine Curier | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
We'll get the headlines, but those two looked very good. -- he will get | :08:27. | :08:33. | |
the headlines. Andrew Neil saying this current crop could be better | :08:34. | :08:42. | |
than the last team. Something is getting done right, as a team, as a | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
shake everybody understands what they're meant to be doing, and the | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
two guys Pat is talking about, such an important role when you are | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
playing with one striker, to get up and support, they did that | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
unbelievably well. Inverness Cal a deep -- Inverness Cali Thistle | :09:00. | :09:06. | |
started against Aberdeen at Pitt Audrey, with others, was Rob | :09:07. | :09:07. | |
Maclean. That's Pitt Barry Robson with the free kick. | :09:08. | :09:38. | |
Mark Reynolds. And Goodwillie, but it's not going to count. Spectacular | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
overhead kick from David Goodwillie. But Reynolds ruled to be over the | :09:43. | :09:45. | |
goal line. Tanzi with the pass. Does not find | :09:46. | :09:58. | |
Shinnie, Logan heading it clear. Going through the gears. It is a | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
great run. He's still going. It was Gary Warren in the end who flung | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
himself down, Josh Meakin 's as well to ensure he didn't open the | :10:12. | :10:21. | |
scoring. Watkins is quick. WHISTLE And the challenge may be constant | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
line did not have to make there. -- that he didn't have to make there. | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
Greg Tanzi with the free kick for Inverness Cali Thistle. Josh | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
meetings. Opens the scoring in the 17th minute. | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
He was not picked up and made the most of his freedom in the penalty | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
box. Planting the header into the top corner, 1-0. A good start for | :10:49. | :10:59. | |
Inverness. Shane Logan. Johnny Hayes. Lovely change of direction, | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
lining up the shot and slides it through instead for Adam Rooney. | :11:06. | :11:07. | |
Really well disguised. Robson. It came off the head, Gary | :11:08. | :11:23. | |
Warren, and Adam Rooney could be in here for the equaliser. And he is. | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
It's an uncharacteristic error from the central defender Warren, it was | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
never reaching the goalkeeper. There was still a bit to do, Rooney, with | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
his 11th goal of the season. Warren striking the post. As he tries to | :11:43. | :11:51. | |
make up for that mistake. APPLAUSE Hayes. | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
He looks for the 1-2, getting it back. There's David Goodwillie. | :11:57. | :12:08. | |
Logan! What a finish! What a celebration. Shane Logan turns this | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
game on its head, six minutes before half-time. From 1-0 down, 2-1 up. | :12:16. | :12:23. | |
APPLAUSE Shame about the dance. | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
Goodwillie with the flick. Rooney. Well, that was heading for the top | :12:31. | :12:42. | |
corner. Just tried to fire that across the goal. And it is needed to | :12:43. | :12:55. | |
be saved. -- needed saving. Doran, lovely touch from Christie and it | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
comes through for Billy Mackay, straight at Watkins. Five minutes | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
into the second half, it is two goals each. It was unlucky, Logan, | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
he got the ball away from Billy Mackay. All he did was to set up | :13:11. | :13:20. | |
Watkins. Logan's throw, Shinnie with the header. Draper. Warren, getting | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
in a mix-up, Goodwillie, saved. Johnny Hayes! He will score the | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
fifth goal of the game. It is 3-2, Aberdeen. APPLAUSE | :13:35. | :13:41. | |
Brill with the save pushing the ball straight to Johnny Hayes, and he was | :13:42. | :13:44. | |
not going to pass up that opportunity. | :13:45. | :13:52. | |
Searing pace, from Johnny Hayes. Cut back for Rooney, and saved, cleared. | :13:53. | :14:01. | |
What a game Johnny Hayes has had. STUDIO: | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
We don't have the budget of Aberdeen, I am so proud we came here | :14:06. | :14:16. | |
and played the football we did. I was felt we were going to win the | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
day, even when we went down, when they equalised, I felt it was a game | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
we were always going to win and I'm delighted we showed so much energy | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
to make sure this was the case but also, enough good players and a | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
strong performance. Superb victory for Aberdeen in the end, they have | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
tweaked their formation, it is open and attacking but so far reflective. | :14:39. | :14:44. | |
They have done more than that, they have radically changed it. -- it's | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
effective. So many attackers. He has so many players alongside him. | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
Hayes, they are always playing 4-2-4, these players will always be | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
available. The opportunities they will make. If you get together with | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
the two centre forwards, usually they do not play together, but at | :15:05. | :15:07. | |
the moment, with Rooney, they've got that. It creates panic, nightmare | :15:08. | :15:14. | |
defending from this team. This is what the big thing is about them, | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
they played two them together. They are marked, but they are not being | :15:18. | :15:21. | |
used to being marked by the centre forwards. When you are dragged out, | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
what happens, a massive space in the middle. We are getting used to | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
seeing this, one upfront these days, but when they played too upfront, | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
defenders are not used to it. Dodgy defending again. He has got options | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
because they have those four, he can pass it wide, he does not come he | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
gets the goal, he deserves it. We talk about the belief they have got, | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
they have got it because the manager believes in them. Fantastic strike | :15:50. | :15:55. | |
from Rooney. It is not normal now to see a partnership with two guys up | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
front, but the other thing which is making it successful is that you | :16:00. | :16:03. | |
have two guys on the wings, Hayes and Pollack, but they are also | :16:04. | :16:06. | |
crossing over and coming to other areas. You saw the goal with John | :16:07. | :16:15. | |
Hayes coming over, Pollack came over, it causes problems, strikers | :16:16. | :16:18. | |
and wingers coming in from the lines. Great movement will | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
it's four Months Since St Johnstone and Dundee United last met in the | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
Scottish cup final, Saints were the winners, in fact they have beaten | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
United in the last four meetings. At Tannadice we follow the action. | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
Jackie McNamara makes two changes:. Tommy Wright is forced to make a | :16:40. | :16:51. | |
last-minute change, with Davidsson coming into midfield. | :16:52. | :17:01. | |
United on the attack. Early. Chris Erskine. Opening shot, he lets go, | :17:02. | :17:10. | |
getting the deflection. Off Anderson. A good effort from the | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
Turkish striker. Linking up with Erskine. Deciding to have a go | :17:16. | :17:21. | |
himself, the touch from Anderson taking it towards Alan Manas. Tony | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
Wright looking pensive on the touchline. St Johnstone with a | :17:26. | :17:33. | |
corner, Wetherspoon, plucked out of the air, the goalkeeper, looking for | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
the striker, it's a good dummy. Easton is catching up with him, | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
forcing him inside. Erskine to his right and he slots it past the | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
goalkeeper. A great finish from Chris Erskine. His fourth goal of | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
the season. That was all about the throw, and the dummy, the power and | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
the strength and the speed to get away from Easton. He did his best | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
but a good kick and a good finish from Erskine. Who has started the | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
season full of confidence for United and slots it past the goalkeeper. | :18:11. | :18:18. | |
Witherspoon. Spreading the ball wide, early cross. Callum Morris | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
fails to get out of the way and it is off the post from Halloran. As | :18:25. | :18:29. | |
close as St Johnstone have come. It came from the Cross, Morris made a | :18:30. | :18:35. | |
mess of it. Oh Halloran of the post unfortunately. Rankin was there to | :18:36. | :18:44. | |
tidy up. It's a clever flick to get away from the defender, opening up | :18:45. | :18:47. | |
here, he might have a go himself, support from Watson. It's a second | :18:48. | :18:54. | |
goal for United. Paul Keating breaking from midfield getting the | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
vital touch. In off the post. It is down to the trickery of the Turkish | :19:01. | :19:02. | |
international working well with Armstrong. Finding support on the | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
overlap from Watson. And a great finish will stop giving United a 3-0 | :19:07. | :19:15. | |
lead, again, it is all about the invention and the late arrival from | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
Payton, for his first goal of the season. Halloran. The ball coming | :19:21. | :19:29. | |
into the box, nodded down. Playing the brick, into Simon Lappin and | :19:30. | :19:36. | |
over the crossbar. The midfielder. From the right-hand side, Frazer | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
Wright with a knock-down, it falls for John Lappin, but he couldn't | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
keep the shot down. St Johnstone looking for what would be a | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
consolation goal now. It has broke to Lappin at the back post and he | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
has lifted it high and wide. Tried to steer it into the top corner. He | :19:56. | :19:59. | |
got too much power and not enough direction. It wasn't the prettiest | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
of games, there was a lot of headers and kicking and rushing. But there | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
was little bits of quality, from us, we managed to get two goals. | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
Overall we're disappointed, we have worked all week, when we get | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
possession and losing it, stopping them from counterattacking, we | :20:21. | :20:24. | |
didn't do it. Quite easy could have come away with 0-0, maybe not | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
working their keeper in. We have to be a bit more ruthless in the | :20:32. | :20:33. | |
defending. Today we were not ruthless enough. STUDIO: Dundee | :20:34. | :20:40. | |
United go to points clear at the top of the Premiership, and a real find | :20:41. | :20:45. | |
for United, their Turkish player. We've spoken about him so many | :20:46. | :20:52. | |
times, he was at the fore again. This is what a great example of what | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
Dundee United are a bout. Croft, the St Johnstone player, he is trying to | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
anticipate what is going to happen. As soon as he commits himself, | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
Dundee United attacking at pace. It is a great ball, straightening in | :21:10. | :21:12. | |
the path of Erskine, and a first-time strike. Again, you can | :21:13. | :21:18. | |
understand why he's not happy with the defending. He picks the ball | :21:19. | :21:22. | |
up, he wants to commit the defenders. Into the path of Watson | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
and that was a great finish. We have spoken about this player and what a | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
big player he is for Dundee United. Especially this season, especially | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
the players that have moved on. He's even bigger. It was good resilience | :21:36. | :21:47. | |
from Dundee United considering the recent record, but does this player | :21:48. | :21:50. | |
have the attributes to make a mark in one of the top leagues in | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
Europe, the English Premier League? I wouldn't be surprised, if he went | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
to the bottom half of the Premiership, but it will be | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
difficult. You don't always play a team where you get chances on the | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
ball, if you put him on a team, mid, higher Premier League, he would look | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
higher. In a way like Nikica Jelavic, when his team is doing | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
well, but difficult, certainly the level of the Championship, no | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
problem. I suppose Dundee United fans will be saying shut up. 20-1, | :22:21. | :22:28. | |
Dundee United title win. It has been a tough start for John McIntyre at | :22:29. | :22:35. | |
Ross County. They faced the Dundee side coming off the back of two | :22:36. | :22:38. | |
derby defeat to their neighbours, commentary from Paul Mitchell. | :22:39. | :23:01. | |
COMMENTATOR: Kerry. Sending it long. Brings the ball down, sending it | :23:02. | :23:15. | |
just wide. Early intent from Ross County. Looking to get ahead, this | :23:16. | :23:22. | |
team, for the first time this season. That's nice. Arkwright | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
should score but what a challenge. Paul McGinley. Goal saving challenge | :23:30. | :23:37. | |
from the full-back. He steadied himself after clever play but that | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
was a clever tackle. On the angle, making all of the running, Ross | :23:45. | :23:50. | |
County. Slips inside, tries to get it away, covering the goal quickly | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
and that will be clear. Took some time, the striker, to get his shot | :23:56. | :24:05. | |
away but it was closed down. Irvin comes across, it is a great ball. | :24:06. | :24:15. | |
What a goal. 27 minutes played, and at last they are ahead in a league | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
match. Ross County with a little slide. Michael Garda scores -- | :24:20. | :24:36. | |
Gardine. McIntyre, trying to get the message across as Ross County try to | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
get their message across. A little deflection on the way through. Free | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
kick taken quickly. Kerry. Delightful header. Gardine For the | :24:49. | :24:57. | |
save coming, the header was clever, just a mere glance. A decent | :24:58. | :24:59. | |
response from the keeper. They have lost all three at home in | :25:00. | :25:10. | |
the league this season as Ross County come forward again. He has | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
got that in his locker. He is able to hit from distance. Leaving the | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
keeper at full stretch. Here comes Martin Boyle, ups against Graham | :25:23. | :25:29. | |
Carey, a great ball and a clever finish, David Clarkson on his Dundee | :25:30. | :25:33. | |
debut comes off the bench to score the equaliser. It's a perfect little | :25:34. | :25:41. | |
finish. David Clarkson enjoying his return to Scotland. They have not | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
been at their best but they are level. McGowan, Boyle, Carey, giving | :25:47. | :25:57. | |
away that one, it goes to McGowan, you could see what he wanted to do. | :25:58. | :26:01. | |
Trying to chip it into the far corner. Trying to catch out Mark | :26:02. | :26:08. | |
Brown, well off target in the end. Dundee with their first league | :26:09. | :26:11. | |
defeat of the season, against United. Puts the ball back, Greg | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
Stuart. Dundee almost found a way ahead. Stuart followed up and it was | :26:19. | :26:27. | |
a good save from Brown. This is the final minute, inside it comes, | :26:28. | :26:36. | |
Moyes, Darren Madsen at the back post. And Ross County have a winner. | :26:37. | :26:46. | |
Rounded off by Darren Madsen, he's not scored in over a year, what an | :26:47. | :26:54. | |
impact he's made. It is the least we deserved, the way we played in the | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
first half was exceptional, we couldn't get the ball in the net. We | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
should have been more ahead than what we were. But that team kept | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
going and they kept doing the right things. We got it at the end and | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
there's no better time to score the goal and it's what we deserved. It | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
was a cruel way to lose the game, but overall, we were poor today, it | :27:18. | :27:20. | |
was not one of our best performances. You can only play as | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
well as you can play. We made too many mistakes and too many players | :27:25. | :27:30. | |
had an off day. Ross County with their first point of the season and | :27:31. | :27:33. | |
a big win for Jim McIntyre, why did it click yesterday? It will always | :27:34. | :27:40. | |
take time. What you see here, a lot of opportunities for Ross County. A | :27:41. | :27:45. | |
lot of action around the Dundee box, predominantly, coming from the wide | :27:46. | :27:51. | |
areas. Dundee play a narrow midfield. Huge holes in the backline | :27:52. | :27:54. | |
for Dundee, they play a narrow midfield. A lot of which is expected | :27:55. | :27:59. | |
from the full-backs which can be few exposed. -- a lot of space. Gardine | :28:00. | :28:06. | |
Did well to bundle it over the line. The balls in from wide areas, | :28:07. | :28:11. | |
the full-backs, even here, with a goal in the last minute. This ball | :28:12. | :28:16. | |
coming across the face of goal. At the back post you might expect the | :28:17. | :28:20. | |
opposite side wide man to be filling in. Didn't have it in the formation | :28:21. | :28:25. | |
they are playing and you saw that last week with the Dundee derby. | :28:26. | :28:31. | |
They get punished in the wide areas. It's been a good start for Dundee | :28:32. | :28:35. | |
but a bad week for Paul Hartley. Ever since he was linked with the | :28:36. | :28:41. | |
Cardiff City job. That's not the reason for it, it was just unlucky | :28:42. | :28:46. | |
timing. Almost comparing them with Hamilton, they came up with a real | :28:47. | :28:51. | |
lift, they had good seasons. They came up with confidence and belief, | :28:52. | :28:56. | |
but after that comes reality. They are waiting for the reality for | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
Hamilton, they keep going. This could be reality for Dundee, it is | :29:01. | :29:04. | |
how they react. They have such belief. Paul Hartley will adapt. If | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
there is a weakness in the system, he will plug-in. | :29:10. | :29:19. | |
Could Kilmarnock continue their promising start to the premiership | :29:20. | :29:22. | |
season? They played host to Partick Thistle | :29:23. | :29:24. | |
at Rugby Park. A couple of alterations. It has been | :29:25. | :29:40. | |
an inconsistent start to the season for Partick Thistle, who scraped | :29:41. | :29:44. | |
past St Mirren in midweek for the cup. It is just two wins in 19 for | :29:45. | :29:53. | |
the Jags against Kilmarnock. It is something they will be keen to | :29:54. | :30:02. | |
remedy. A wonderful ball from Eremenko for Johnston. | :30:03. | :30:26. | |
Great double save. Obadeyi! Kilmarnock get their noses in | :30:27. | :31:08. | |
front. Toby Obadeyi, with his second for the club. | :31:09. | :31:50. | |
Higginbotham was unlucky. He just revives the spark that Partick | :31:51. | :32:19. | |
Thistle are so desperate for. Killie have only lost one of their last six | :32:20. | :32:26. | |
in the league. That is Pascali! And that is 2-0. Eremenko's corner, met | :32:27. | :32:36. | |
flush by Pascali. That is his first goal in 20 months. The Italian | :32:37. | :32:54. | |
skipper. Obadeyi gets his second! That will secure the points. Fox was | :32:55. | :33:06. | |
beaten. He will not be happy with that. It is 3-0 to the Ayrshire men. | :33:07. | :33:21. | |
That was almost ask Ali again. -- almost Pascali again. Absolutely | :33:22. | :33:35. | |
delighted. Fantastic team performance. I think Eremenko | :33:36. | :33:43. | |
deserves a special mention. He showed a lot of quality today. I | :33:44. | :33:50. | |
thought the first half was quite even. We missed a good chance. Our | :33:51. | :33:57. | |
corner kicks no doubt the premiership needs | :33:58. | :34:05. | |
quality players. Yesterday, Eremenko ran the show. The one thing you can | :34:06. | :34:12. | |
say about Eremenko, he is not go to win any 100 metre dash is, but get | :34:13. | :34:15. | |
close to him and he will not run away from you. Give him half a yard, | :34:16. | :34:21. | |
and he will pick up wonderful passes. That was a massive amount of | :34:22. | :34:27. | |
space. Do not do that with Eremenko. I | :34:28. | :34:40. | |
think Killie fans are getting some good football this season. But the | :34:41. | :34:47. | |
Thistle boss will be thinking, what are we standing off him for? | :34:48. | :34:52. | |
Eremenko was running the show yesterday. Presumably they have to | :34:53. | :34:59. | |
nullify him? Everybody would try and nullify him. He is not going to run | :35:00. | :35:06. | |
away, so you want to close down the space. With good players, even when | :35:07. | :35:11. | |
they are marked, they can create their own space. That is something | :35:12. | :35:17. | |
Eremenko is very good at. In which to come, if somebody is trying to | :35:18. | :35:20. | |
mark him, he is such a good player that he can create his own space and | :35:21. | :35:25. | |
he is always looking for those passes between fullbacks and centre | :35:26. | :35:28. | |
halves. The gaps were too big from Partick Thistle. Kilmarnock top six? | :35:29. | :35:37. | |
I don't think so. In their hearts, they would probably accept | :35:38. | :35:40. | |
mid-table. For their head, I am giving no answer. | :35:41. | :35:51. | |
The early game yesterday 's saw Celtic take on St Mirren. | :35:52. | :36:27. | |
This is a good start, positive from Celtic. | :36:28. | :36:43. | |
It was an awkward bounce for the striker to control. | :36:44. | :36:53. | |
Good effort! Craig Gordon was not getting there. It is a fantastic | :36:54. | :37:29. | |
strike. There is a shout for handball there. Craig Thompson | :37:30. | :37:36. | |
disagreed with the appeals. Brown has continued his run down the | :37:37. | :37:55. | |
left-hand side. Grid Etty... In it goes! -- be dirty. | :37:56. | :38:04. | |
John Guidetti put Celtic in front with his second in two games. | :38:05. | :38:26. | |
Saints are looking for an early riposte. Is this a corner? It is | :38:27. | :38:35. | |
certainly what has been given. Didn't look as though it went out of | :38:36. | :38:37. | |
play there. St Mirren will have felt hard done | :38:38. | :38:59. | |
by going in at the interval behind, but they have retaliated in | :39:00. | :39:04. | |
excellent fashion at the start of the second period. Craig Gordon's | :39:05. | :39:09. | |
distribution put his team under pressure. The initial effort came | :39:10. | :39:13. | |
from Naismith. What a beautiful pass from Stokes. | :39:14. | :39:44. | |
Guidetti! The lead is restored. Guidetti finished, but that was all | :39:45. | :39:47. | |
about the pass from Stokes, which was a thing of beauty. | :39:48. | :40:07. | |
A free kick for handball. Came off the arm of Naismith. A wonderful | :40:08. | :40:26. | |
free kick. That was not far away. We were a bit tired today, I think. And | :40:27. | :40:35. | |
also on the ball, we did not make too many touches and get the tempo | :40:36. | :40:39. | |
we wanted. But we were strong to get back when they went 1-1 against us. | :40:40. | :40:44. | |
The only thing that has got to come is goals. We have played like that | :40:45. | :40:50. | |
in a number of games this season. There have been disappointing | :40:51. | :40:52. | |
performances, but by and large, we have produced that on a few | :40:53. | :40:59. | |
occasions. So the answer is, if we can start knocking the ball in the | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
back of the net, we will be fine. Could John Guidetti beat the striker | :41:05. | :41:10. | |
Celtic have in crying out for? He could. He is different to what the | :41:11. | :41:18. | |
other teams have got. He causes people a lot of problems. He is not | :41:19. | :41:33. | |
the only one. That is what Ronny Deila once. But he reacts quicker. | :41:34. | :41:39. | |
It was a great ball from Scott. He is different to all the other | :41:40. | :42:00. | |
strikers they have got. This guy is a real number nine, if is a good | :42:01. | :42:07. | |
presence. Great instinctive strike against Hearts, midweek. They play | :42:08. | :42:19. | |
Dinamo Zagreb on Thursday night. Kris Commons is out injured, and | :42:20. | :42:23. | |
they are lacking that penetration at the moment. They are. McAskill has | :42:24. | :42:35. | |
got a bit of pace. When you look at Guidetti and what he has given | :42:36. | :42:38. | |
them, they might ask the other strikers, even if you are not going | :42:39. | :42:43. | |
to get there, go along and stretch their defence. List of about St | :42:44. | :42:53. | |
Mirren, Michael. Steven Thompson has probably spent more time done on the | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
pitch this season. They are really lacking goals. Kenny McLean's always | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
the first home goal for them in the league this season. It was an | :43:04. | :43:13. | |
uncharacteristic mistake from Craig Gordon here. | :43:14. | :43:25. | |
There was another mistake when he is palming that out. The ball come | :43:26. | :43:35. | |
straight back at you sometimes and it is difficult to control it, but | :43:36. | :43:41. | |
Kenny McLean has great technique. All that leaves the premiership | :43:42. | :43:42. | |
table looking like this. And that is where we leave the | :43:43. | :44:04. | |
premiership for now and turn our attention to the Championship. | :44:05. | :44:23. | |
Hearts have been a runaway success story so far this season in the | :44:24. | :44:29. | |
Championship. Robinho sun's team are top of the table and still have to | :44:30. | :44:34. | |
lose a game. They played host to a Livingston side under the guidance | :44:35. | :44:36. | |
of former Hearts boss, John McGlynn. | :44:37. | :45:09. | |
That is enough for the opening goal. He found the corner. | :45:10. | :45:30. | |
Off the bar. El Hassnaoui made good contact, but could only put it wide. | :45:31. | :45:51. | |
That was deflect it and in. It picked up a little touch. Half an | :45:52. | :46:03. | |
hour played at Tynecastle. Hearts are two ahead. | :46:04. | :46:13. | |
This is 3-0. Osman Soul does not miss from there. Strolled onto the | :46:14. | :46:21. | |
ball. That was clinical from Osman. The wrong option. They think there | :46:22. | :47:10. | |
was a touch on Neil Alexander. Gomez was denied by the bar. | :47:11. | :47:24. | |
Hearts have not scored in the second half, but not for want of trying. | :47:25. | :48:06. | |
And there is the goal in the second half. All three substitutes | :48:07. | :48:20. | |
combined. A simple one to three, and Hearts scored. | :48:21. | :48:32. | |
We scored some goals. Probably could have scored a few more. Good to get | :48:33. | :48:51. | |
the 5-0, but disappointed it was not more. We never really got going at | :48:52. | :48:56. | |
all. Hearts were dominant from very early. It is really disappointing. | :48:57. | :49:01. | |
A real statement of intent once again from Hearts. So, you have this | :49:02. | :49:08. | |
maverick striker who is great to watch. He certainly is. Even from | :49:09. | :49:15. | |
the first game of the season, you could tell he was a character at the | :49:16. | :49:26. | |
top layer. -- and a top player. He has a real presence full is he never | :49:27. | :49:31. | |
gets bullied about by any centre halves. He also has got slight feet. | :49:32. | :49:47. | |
He was unlucky not to score there. Getting across the defender and | :49:48. | :49:49. | |
knowing he just needs to guide it across the face of the goalkeeper, | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
all-round, he is somebody that Hearts have missed for a number of | :49:56. | :49:59. | |
years, a real presence up front. Lots has been made of Robinho sun's | :50:00. | :50:04. | |
three training sessions a day for Hearts players -- Neil Robertson. | :50:05. | :50:35. | |
Keep doing what you are doing! It is very tough and I suspect they may be | :50:36. | :50:46. | |
exhausted. That's right, you can't expect the | :50:47. | :50:56. | |
guys to put in three physical training sessions. There are | :50:57. | :51:07. | |
footballing sessions, but also interspersed with the analysis. | :51:08. | :51:15. | |
Since be working so far. Lydia focus on the big clubs in the Championship | :51:16. | :51:18. | |
this season, but two signings who will definitely have a sling -- say | :51:19. | :51:57. | |
in how finishes are Falkirk and Raith Rovers. | :51:58. | :52:02. | |
Both these sides have a design a play-off slot, come the end of the | :52:03. | :52:06. | |
season. The second half got a little more goalmouth action. | :52:07. | :52:23. | |
Both sides had to content themselves with a point. We had to rely on our | :52:24. | :52:33. | |
goalkeeper. A lot of credit goes to the whole team, working from top to | :52:34. | :52:39. | |
bottom. Keeping a clean sheet is massive in this league. The | :52:40. | :52:49. | |
defensive performance is vital. We were still going at it for the last | :52:50. | :52:58. | |
ten, 15 minutes. Tomorrow night, Rangers take on | :52:59. | :53:03. | |
Hibernian in the Championship. The Rangers defender is already | :53:04. | :53:06. | |
discounting Hibs in terms of being a presence in this promotion race in | :53:07. | :53:10. | |
the Championship. And he has got a point, the way things are going. He | :53:11. | :53:18. | |
has probably got a point. We would not be surprised if it is Hibs and | :53:19. | :53:23. | |
Hearts slogging it out. Promotion for Hibs is a long way off. I think | :53:24. | :53:30. | |
Hibs just want to get themselves say first. There are plenty of good | :53:31. | :53:36. | |
players there. The manager may need to allow more time. Born Stubbs has | :53:37. | :53:41. | |
come in, but the general malaise at Hibs has not gone away. No, it has | :53:42. | :53:51. | |
not. For Hibs, this is the beauty of the play-offs. They have got a good | :53:52. | :53:56. | |
bit of time to try to get back into it. And with those four places at | :53:57. | :54:00. | |
the top of the table, they could sneak in to the play-offs at the end | :54:01. | :54:04. | |
of the season. Thank you both very much. Two other results in the | :54:05. | :54:05. | |
Championship this weekend. And that is it from Team Sportscene | :54:06. | :54:31. | |
for tonight. Congratulations to Team Europe. We are back with a football | :54:32. | :54:36. | |
next weekend. Until then, all of a sudden, good night. | :54:37. | :54:39. |